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Dunking on Tankies from a leftist perspective.

A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian or even totalitarian regimes who call themselves "socialist". The term originated from people supporting the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays they are just terminally online, denying genocides, and falling for totalitarian propaganda and calling such regimes "true democracies". remember to censor usernames when necessary.

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An 8-panel Phoebe Teaching Joey meme.

The first panel is Phoebe from Friends saying "Russia".

The second panel is Joey from the same show replying with "Russia".

The third panel is Phoebe saying "has invaded".

The fourth panel is Joey repeating back "has invaded".

The fifth panel is Phoebe saying "Ukraine".

The sixth panel is Joey repeating back "Ukraine".

The seventh panel is Phoebe saying the completed phrase "Russia has invaded Ukraine".

The final panel shows Joey proudly proclaiming "NATO just started a proxy war".

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[–] Badass_panda 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course, Russia could've not invaded Ukraine and let the US lure Ukraine over to the west purely through "soft" powers.

Well, that would have involved hundreds of thousands fewer people dying and Ukrainians getting the thing they generally wanted, so... win win.

[–] hark -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and a massive loss from Russia's perspective. The US has invaded for much less.

[–] Badass_panda 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See here's the thing: whether the US has done something before has no bearing on whether Russia is justified in doing it.

[–] hark -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See here's the thing: I didn't say Russia is justified in doing what it is doing.

[–] Badass_panda 2 points 1 year ago

Re read the original comment you replied to...